Troops switch tactics on Belgium’s streets to guard against attacks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Soldiers patrolling Belgium’s streets will switch tactics to protect themselves against militant attacks, moving around more often and changing routes, the commander of land forces said.
Islamic State ceasefire deal convoy reaches east Syria: Hezbollah-run media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families reached an exchange point in eastern Syria on Tuesday, a Hezbollah military media unit said, where they will be transferred into IS-held territory under a ceasefire deal.
Suicide bomber kills five at bank in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up at a bank close to the heavily protected U.S. embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing at least five people and wounding eight, the interior ministry said.
TPP countries consider amendments to stalled trade deal: sources
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The 11 countries committed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership are considering amendments to the trade deal, three sources said on Tuesday, as officials meet in Sydney for talks to re-energize the stalled agreement.
Finnish police study ‘manifesto’ by knife attack suspect
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish police are studying a handwritten note they believe will offer clues to what motivated a 22-year old Moroccan asylum seeker to kill two women in a knife attack.
Rohingya fleeing Myanmar violence face expulsion despite U.N. appeal
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh from escalating violence in Myanmar face the growing danger of sickness and attempts by the Bangladesh authorities to send them home, despite a United Nations plea that they be …
Russian deputy foreign minister says plans to meet U.S. Shannon: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov plans to meet U.S. Undersecretary of State Thomas Shannon, TASS news agency quoted Ryabkov as saying on Tuesday.
Thailand has no plan to revoke passports of former PM Yingluck, minister says
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand has no immediate plan to revoke the passports of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the foreign minister said on Tuesday, after she fled the country last week ahead of a court verdict in a negligence case.
Train derails outside India’s financial capital, but no injuries
(Reuters) – Several coaches of a train went off the rails in western India on Tuesday, the third such incident within ten days on the world’s fourth biggest rail network, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.
Colombia halts Cano-Limon pipeline after rebel attack: sources
BOGOTA (Reuters) – A bomb attack by Colombia’s leftist ELN rebel group has halted pumping operations along the country’s second-largest oil pipeline, the Cano-Limon Covenas, sources from the military and state oil company Ecopetrol said on Monday.
